On June 3, Mr. Paul R. Lit Fong Chong Leung, Ambassador of Mauritius to China, together with his wife, paid a visit to SMU.Prof. Yu Shicheng, President of SMU and Prof. Jin Yongxing, Vice President of SMU, as well as related departments gave them a warm reception.
Prof. Yu Shicheng expressed that the friendship between China and Mauritius had a long history, and the two countries had achieved plentiful fruits in mutual benefit cooperation. SMU had always devoted to developing itself into a world-class maritime university. Prof. Yu Shicheng expected that the cooperation between the two sides in fields of maritime education and training could be expanded after this visit.Prof.
Jin Yongxing, Vice President of SMU gave an introduction of the development of SMU, the achievements of maritime education and training as well as the exchanges and cooperation between relevant institutions of Africa and SMU.
Mr. Paul R. Lit Fong Chong Leung pointed out that Mauritius was an island state, above 90 percent of its import and export materials were transported by sea. Thus he expected that the cooperation relationship between relevant maritime education and training institutions of Mauritius and SMU could be established as soon as possible.